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Chapter 93: Not Drinking Palm-Wine

கள்ளுண்ணாமை

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921

உட்கப் படாஅர் ஒளியிழப்பர் எஞ்ஞான்றும்
கட்காதல் கொண்டொழுகு வார்.

Utkap Pataaar Oliyizhappar Egngnaandrum
Katkaadhal Kontozhuku Vaar

Foes fear not who for toddy craze The addicts daily their glory lose

Meaning: Those who always thirst after drink will neither inspire fear (in others) nor retain the light (of their fame)

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922

உண்ணற்க கள்ளை உணில்உண்க சான்றோரான்
எண்ணப் படவேண்டா தார்.

Unnarka Kallai Unilunka Saandroraan
Ennap Pataventaa Thaar

Drink not liquor; but let them drink Whom with esteem the wise won't think

Meaning: Let no liquor be drunk; if it is desired, let it be drunk by those who care not for esteem of the great

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923

ஈன்றாள் முகத்தேயும் இன்னாதால் என்மற்றுச்
சான்றோர் முகத்துக் களி.

Eendraal Mukaththeyum Innaadhaal Enmatruch
Chaandror Mukaththuk Kali

The drunkard's joy pains ev'n mother's face How vile must it look for the wise?

Meaning: Intoxication is painful even in the presence of (one's) mother; what will it not then be in that of the wise ?

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924

நாண்என்னும் நல்லாள் புறங்கொடுக்கும் கள்ளென்னும்
பேணாப் பெருங்குற்றத் தார்க்கு.

Naanennum Nallaal Purangotukkum Kallennum
Penaap Perungutrath Thaarkku

Good shame turns back from him ashamed Who is guilty of wine condemned

Meaning: The fair maid of modesty will turn her back on those who are guilty of the great and abominable crime of drunkenness

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925

கையறி யாமை உடைத்தே பொருள்கொடுத்து
மெய்யறி யாமை கொளல்.

Kaiyari Yaamai Utaiththe Porulkotuththu
Meyyari Yaamai Kolal

To pay and drink and lose the sense Is nothing but rank ignorance

Meaning: To give money and purchase unconsciousness is the result of one's ignorance of (one's own actions)

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926

துஞ்சினார் செத்தாரின் வேறல்லர் எஞ்ஞான்றும்
நஞ்சுண்பார் கள்ளுண் பவர்.

Thunjinaar Seththaarin Verallar Egngnaandrum
Nanjunpaar Kallun Pavar

They take poison who take toddy And doze ev'n like a dead body

Meaning: They that sleep resemble the deed; (likewise) they that drink are no other than poison-eaters

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927

உள்ளொற்றி உள்ளூர் நகப்படுவர் எஞ்ஞான்றும்
கள்ளொற்றிக் கண்சாய் பவர்

Ullotri Ulloor Nakappatuvar Egngnaandrum
Kallotrik Kansaai Pavar

The secret drunkards' senses off Make the prying public laugh

Meaning: Those who always intoxicate themselves by a private (indulgence in) drink; will have their secrets detected and laughed at by their fellow-townsmen

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928

களித்தறியேன் என்பது கைவிடுக நெஞ்சத்து
ஒளித்ததூஉம் ஆங்கே மிகும்.

Kaliththariyen Enpadhu Kaivituka Nenjaththu
Oliththadhooum Aange Mikum

Don't say I'm not a drunkard hard The hidden fraud is known abroad

Meaning: Let (the drunkard) give up saying "I have never drunk"; (for) the moment (he drinks) he will simply betray his former attempt to conceal

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929

களித்தானைக் காரணம் காட்டுதல் கீழ்நீர்க்
குளித்தானைத் தீத்துரீஇ அற்று.

Kaliththaanaik Kaaranam Kaattudhal Keezhneerk
Kuliththaanaith Theeththureei Atru

Can torch search one in water sunk? Can reason reach the raving drunk?

Meaning: Reasoning with a drunkard is like going under water with a torch in search of a drowned man

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930

கள்ளுண்ணாப் போழ்திற் களித்தானைக் காணுங்கால்
உள்ளான்கொல் உண்டதன் சோர்வு.

Kallunnaap Pozhdhir Kaliththaanaik Kaanungaal
Ullaankol Untadhan Sorvu

The sober seeing the drunkard's plight On selves can't they feel same effect?

Meaning: When (a drunkard) who is sober sees one who is not, it looks as if he remembered not the evil effects of his (own) drink

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